Code review breaks when reviewers are tired
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Not because people don’t care.
Because attention is limited.
When reviewers are exhausted,
they miss context,
skim changes,
and default to approval.
PRFlow was built to remove the noise before humans step in,
lint-level issues, obvious mistakes, missing basics.
It doesn’t replace reviewers.
It protects their focus.
If you want to try it on real PRs, here is the link : https://www.graphbit.ai/prflow
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Such a simple point, yet rarely acknowledged.
Code review isn’t just about correctness it’s about judgment.
And judgment is the first thing to go when people are tired.
GraphBit
@maya_boothman Exactly. Review quality is constrained by human attention, not intent. Once judgment degrades, correctness follows. That’s the gap we’re trying to address by protecting focus, not replacing reviewers.
This really resonates with me. I don't miss issues because I don't care, I miss them because my brain is overloaded. Anything that clears basic distractions lets me spend energy where real judgment is needed.
GraphBit
@karishma_yadav3 That’s the reality for most teams. When basic issues are filtered out early, reviewers can spend their limited cognitive energy on design, intent and risk. That’s where human judgment actually adds value.